Deckers (DECK) Shares Dip as Sterne Agee Cuts to Underperform

July 23, 2012 10:19 AM EDT Send to a Friend
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Price: $53.71 -2.08%

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Shares of Deckers Outdoor (Nasdaq: DECK) are getting cracked Monday morning following an earlier downgrade from Sterne Agee's Sam Poser. The stock is down more than 6 percent at last check.

Poser now rates Deckers shares an Underperform, down from Neutral previously. The analyst's price target was reduced by about 37 percent from $60 to $38.

Poser said he "would not be involved in DECK going into the quarter..." as he expects the company to reduce its full-year guidance on its second-quarter conference call next week on Thursday, July 26th. The analyst said "there is high probability that Asian and European sales will not improve this year [and] U.S. sales are likely to be negatively impacted by higher prices and little innovation in the UGG Classic category."

Sterne Agee's FY12 EPS estimate was reduced from $4.77 to $4.23 and the FY13 estimate was lowered from $5.27 to $4.50. The Street is currently expecting FY12 and FY13 EPS of $4.50 and $5.42, respectively.

With Deckers shares last trading around $43.70, Poser's new price target represents potential downside of about 13 percent.

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